Wringer



Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED. s'ra'rss PATENT OFFICEJ ALPHEUS W. ALTORFER/OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO ALTORFER BROS. OOH- PANY, OF EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A.CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. I

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Application filed April 10, 1924. Serial No. 705,558.-

T all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS, W. ALTORFER a citizen of the United States,a resident 01 Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois.have invented new and'useful Improvements in Wringers, of whichthe-following is a specification. A

This invention has reference to wringers, and it has for its principalobject to provide a quick releasing means for'the compression on thewringer rolls in the event of a person accidentally getting the fingersor hand caught between the rolls, or in the event of fine fabricsbecoming entangled.

The invention has for a further object to improve and simplify thecompressionand releasing means described and clalmed in Letters Patent1,502,225,. granted to my assignees July 22. 1924; y In said patentthere is disclosed duplicate coacting levers and a singlecontrol lever;whereas, in the present disclosure 2. single compressionmeans, coactingmeans and lever control is provided, which both sim' lifies andle'ssensthe cost. t is common in 0th disclosures to pivot the controllever so that it is moved laterally or cross-wiselof the wringer frame,in either direction. This is-of considerable advantage. It provides a.release where the pressure applied by the attendant 1s a push. or pull,toward or from the body, rather than a downward or ,sidewise movement ofthe I arm, which is both'inconvenient and allows of very little bodypressure:

That the invention may be .more .fully understood, reference is bad tothe accompanying drawi'r'igs, illustrating a preferred embodiment of theinvention,'in wh ch:-

Figure l'is a side elevation, partly 1n section, showing a wringer frameand rolls.

and my invention'embodied therein;

Figure 2 is a partial plan view of Figure "1 as the same would appearlooking down on the line 2-2. in said figure, and

Figure 3 is a detail elevation of the conline 3--3 Figure 1.

trol lever, as the same would appear on the Like characters of referencedenote c0rresponding parts throughout the figures.

The frame 1 of the wringer maybe of suitable construction and madeapplicable to the swinging or stationary ty e, as may be desired. If ofmetal it is preamble to construct the same of duplicate sections, suchas 2 and 3' formed at their opposite ends with upstanding?) omed to formarrels in which are vertically slldable members 5 having associatedsemi-spherical bodies 4- with their lower ends bearing blocks -6 to iand adapted to receive power from a suitable source, not shown, foroperating the same. The structure shown contemplates gearless operatedwringer rolls. f

It is arran ed to apply pressure to the slidable mem ms 5 to retam orhold the rolls 8 and 9 in'cooperative relation. Such means preferablycomprises a resilient bar ,12 disposed longitudinally of the wringerframe its opposite ends bearing down on the slldable members 5. To saidresilient bar 12 Ined1ate1ts ends is connected a block 13 I A with whichthe lower end of a. threaded rod 14 engages. Said rod is dis osed in avertical pos 1t1on and has a threa ed relation with a bushing 15'vertically slidable in the crosshead of the wringer frame, said rod onits upper end being provided with a knurled d s 16 by means of which therod may be screwed down to increase the spring pressure through theresilient bar to the slidable members 5, or to release such pressure, asthe case ma be. The bushing .15 is vertically slidab e and adapted tomovev upward w1th the resilient bar 12 as I' shall now explain. Q

- In normal operative position the bushin 15 1s in the position shown inFi re 1' an so held b a lever 17 fulcrume at 18 on the crossand ofthe-wringer frame and disposed longitudinally thereof, one end of thelever 17 hearing down on the bushing 15 with the bar 14 adjusted toapply the desired pressure to (provide the necessary compression to he]the wrin er roll 8 in proper working relation with t e roll 9. Theopposite or outer end of said lever is held raised by a shoulder 19formedor provided on a ref is preferably fulcrumed on an extension 22projecting upwardly from the cross-head wringer frame'fi'neitherdirection. The desirab lity of this will be seen at a lame. It

- rovides for a push or pull on t e control ever 20' which we moreeffective operation than would result from a downward or sidewise armmovement. With the lever 20 o erative in an upstanding position, as

s own in Figure 1 it will be readily seen that if an arm is notavailable an attendant could use her head' and push the lever over intoa released position to free.the lever 17 and permit the resilient bar tooperateto release he wrin er rol1s. Suchan arrangement is further.esirable, due to the fact that an attendant maybe in a position with thetub intervening so that a push or pull would be the only efleotiv modeof actuating'said control lever, andw en a hand is caught orfinenfabrics have become entangled quick action is desirable.

, What I claim is: l

1. In a wringer in combination, a wringer frame, wringer rolls journaledin said frame, a single means to apply pressure ata central pointmediate the'en'ds of said rolls resultmg inimpinging. frictional contactbetween sald rolls,.,means tohold said pressure applyin means, and acontrol member at one and 0 said frame to co-aet with said holding meansand pivoted to the frame to be swung cross-wise t ereof in eitherdirection.

2. In a wringer, in combination, a wringer frame, Svringer rollsjournaled in said frame,

a resilient member'disposed' above and longitudinally of said rollscoacting with the opposits ends thereofi means for adjusting the nallyof said ro Is and arranged to apply pressure to the o posite endsthereof, a lever pivoted on said rame ap roximately centrally thereofand .arrange with said bar to hold it in operative osition, and acontrol lever pivoted on said rame at one end thereof to be swuncross-wise thereof in either direction, an adapted to have a cam-likeaction with said first mentioned lever to hold it in operative position.

4. In a wringer, in comblnation, a wrin or frame, wringerrolls journaledin said frame, a resilient bar disposed above and- .longitudinally ofsaid rolls and coacting at its opposite ends with said rolls, means ar;range centrally of said bar to adjust the compression action thereof, alever pivoted on said frame and arranged to hold said adto co-act justin.means, and a control lever pivoted on sai frame at one end thereof tobe moved side-wise in either directlon, and provided with a beveledshoulderadapted to ride beneath said first'mentioned lever to engage itand hold-it in o erative sition.

In witness w ereof, fixed my hand this 8 th day of April, 1924.

ALPHEU-S w. ALTORFKER.

have hereunto af-

